The Importance of the Chilkat to Migratory Birds
We have long been saying that the Chilkat watershed at the north end of Alaska’s panhandle has tremendous ecological significance, but a...
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Will Patric
- May 23
- 1 min
We need to prevent mining pollution from creating a problem in the first place
The Boundary Waters Treaty between the U.S. and Canada calls for International Joint Commission (IJC) engagement to safeguard water...
Rivers Without Borders
- Mar 23
- 1 min
A Call to Engage the International Joint Commission
Earlier this month, the Anchorage Daily News published a strong Taku and transboundary watershed conservation op-ed by Juneau resident...
Rivers Without Borders
- Feb 28
- 1 min
The Globe & Mail and The Narwhal Investigate BC's Mining Problem
Over many months, The Globe and Mail and The Narwhal prepared an extensive investigation into the legacy of inadequate mining policy in...
Will Patric
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Alaska Legislators Send Clear Message to BC
Rivers Without Borders wants 2024 to be the year we see significant, no turning back progress by British Columbia to finally get...
Brian Lynch
- Oct 17, 2023
- 1 min
Updated white paper on the KSM mine development
Rivers Without Borders continues to track the KSM mine development threat looming over the southern Alaska – British Columbia...
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- Aug 23, 2023
- 1 min
A small but important victory for the Chilkat Valley watershed
In an important partial win for Chilkat conservation, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has issued a decision on an...
admin49492
- Jul 5, 2023
- 1 min
Clean up Tulsequah Chief mine to protect salmon and their habitat
As British Columbia government continues to only very slowly move in the right direction toward getting Tulsequah Chief pollution of the...
Rivers Without Borders
- May 5, 2023
- 4 min
Guest Commentary: The pollution continues at Tulsequah Chief mine
The Petersburg Pilot published a 5/4/23 editorial that summarizes the situation with the Taku watershed’s Tulsequah Chief mine. British...
Rivers Without Borders
- Apr 18, 2023
- 4 min
Press release: Chilkat and Klehini Rivers Named Among America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2023
With potential mining targeting its headwaters, southeast Alaska’s Chilkat has made the American “Most Endangered Rivers” list for 2023. ...
Rivers Without Borders
- Apr 4, 2023
- 1 min
Opinion: Building cross-border trust means cleaning up the Tulsequah Chief
A Rivers Without Borders editorial in the Juneau Empire calls on Alaska officials to step up pressure on British Columbia to get moving...
Will Patric
- Jan 29, 2023
- 1 min
Big news for the Taku
The Taku River Tlingit First Nation has come out with a very strong conservation declaration for the Taku, as announced in the 1/20/23...
Rivers Without Borders
- Nov 10, 2022
- 1 min
Press release: Chilkat mining exploration appeal
Rivers Without Borders, Takshanuk Watershed Council, Lynn Canal Conservation, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and Audubon Alaska...
Will Patric
- Sep 19, 2022
- 1 min
Defending the Chilkat
On September 15 Chilkat Indian Village announced that its challenge of the State of Alaska’s approval of a wastewater discharge system...
Rivers Without Borders
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
Indigenous governments stand together cross-border for the Taku
On August 30, 2022, the Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN), the Douglas Indian Association, and the Southeast Indigenous...
Will Patric
- Aug 17, 2022
- 2 min
Good News For The Taku
The Tulsequah Chief receivership is done. Rivers Without Borders received the following statement from the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines...
Will Patric
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
Concerned NGO's call for cleanup of Tulsequah Chief mine
The following letter was submitted by Canadian and U.S. conservation organizations to British Columbia and Alaska government officials...
Will Patric
- Jul 7, 2022
- 1 min
Southeast Alaska Tribes Stand Up For The Taku
The fifteen sovereign nations represented by the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) passed a July 5, 2022...
Will Patric
- Jun 17, 2022
- 1 min
The Bottom Line On Constantine
This letter (attached) by RWB’s Alaska Campaign Director, Chris Zimmer, in the Chilkat Valley News gets right to the bottom line of...
Will Patric
- Jun 4, 2022
- 1 min
David Suzuki calls for clean up and closure of the Tulsequah Chief mine
Revered Canadian scientist and environmental activist, Dr. David Suzuki has added his voice to many others calling upon British Columbia...
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